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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (324)	12/15/2006 10:04:20 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Looks like the editirs from Washington Times have not read what is on the URL you posted. The other Barack Obama Published December 14, 2006 We don't recall the last time a first-term senator introduced "Monday Night Football" to a national audience; we just hope it doesn't become a trend. But such is Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's celebrity these days that we imagine few who watched Monday's game between the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams didn't know that the guy on their screens wearing that awkward Bears cap was a possible future president. Of course, if you haven't yet fallen prey to Obama-mania, you might just be asking, What has this guy done to deserve all this? The answer is very little -- but that's also the point. Mr. Obama's two years in the Senate have been relatively quiet, given all the national attention he garners. We'll be analyzing his Senate record so far in a later editorial. For now, the best way to understand the kind of politician Mr. Obama is -- and not what team he roots for -- is to look at his record before becoming a U.S. senator. In 1996, Mr. Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate, representing a South Side district of Chicago. Although he failed in a bid at a congressional seat in 2000, this was Mr. Obama's only legislative experience before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. • Between 1997 and 1998 and again in 2001, the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council gave Mr. Obama a 100 percent rating on his voting record. • In 1999, the anti-tax organization National Taxpayers United of Illinois gave Mr. Obama a 0 percent rating on his voting record; in 2001-02, it gave him a 10 percent rating. • In 2003, the Illinois Environmental Council gave Mr. Obama a 100 percent rating; in 1998, it gave Mr. Obama a 75 percent rating. • In 2004, based on his lifetime voting record in the Illinois Senate, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund gave Mr. Obama a grade of F. • On labor issues, the Illinois AFL-CIO gave Mr. Obama a 92 percent rating, an 89 percent rating and an 89 percent rating in the years 1999, 2001 and 2003, respectively. • At an antiwar rally in October 2002, Mr. Obama delivered a fiery speech in which he said, "What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from the rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income..." However, as Black Commentator magazine noticed, when Mr. Obama began his campaign for the U.S. Senate those remarks mysteriously disappeared from his Web site. In short, Mr. Obama's record as an Illinois state senator was down-the-line liberal. For someone representing a liberal district in Chicago, that's not very surprising. What is surprising is how Mr. Obama's liberal label has been effectively wiped clean since he entered the U.S. Senate. washtimes.com

To: stockman_scott who wrote (324)	12/15/2006 11:12:45 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 149317

The GOP may want Obama to be our nominee. Very cynically so. They know he's a huge talent, and it's a risky gambit on thier part, but they also know how to smear black men who try to get uppity. Remember, worldnetdaily is a rightwing political propaganda site. If they endorse a Democrat that's bad news for that Dem. If they smear a Dem, then you know who they're most afraid of. I still believe Obama will decide to sit this one out, or to hang around the periphery running for the VP spot. But if he's more anxiously ambitious than I think, he will have to go through a rain of fire. What the GOP will try to do is basically code-language people to death with the message "if Obama wins the blacks take over and get their revenge, creating a huge welfare state, inviting in illegals, driving white people into submission, taking our daughters, etc. etc." And don't think this message wouldn't resonate in key districts of Missouri, Ohio, Florida, etc., the moderate mainly white areas where the most important swingvoters of all live, the ones who decide close elections. I know you'll argue that Obama is a Christian and a family man and he'll create more new voters, but again, look at Harold Ford. The man was solid. Church-going. Was saying conservative things. And was 10% ahead when suddenly out came the ads and down went his numbers. Contest over. There was nothing Ford could do. No speech he could make. No issue he could raise. Nothing. Over. But VP's don't get that kind of treatment. BTW, looks like Dems have realized the GOP wanted us to nominate Hillary and are backing away from her. Never give the Republicans what they want.